Package wrapping device



June 16, 1931.

C. S. BRANDENBURG PACKAGE WRAPPING DEVICE Filed March 26, 1930 2 Sheets-Sheet l INVENTOR (1.5. BRANDENBURG June 16, 1931; c. s. BRANDENBURG PACKAGE WRAPPING DEVICE Filed March 26 1930 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR C.S. BRANDENBURG QQ -W ATTORNEY '5 candy with the Patented June 16,1931:

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GLY'DE S. BRA NDENBURG, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS PACKAGE 'waarrme msvrcn Applicationfiled March 26,

This invention ,relates to improvements 3 surface extend transversely of the table in devices for wrapping packages and more particularly to a device of this type for wrapping boxes, such as boxes containing thin transparent flexible glasslike substance called cellophane.

To wrap a retangular'box with this thin flexible substance by handmore care is required and more time consumed than wrap- 10 ping the same package with ordinary paper on account, of the nature'of the material. It is an object of this invention to provide a -table'sb constructed and equipped with a treadle operated mechanism to allow an op- 15 erator to wrap a rectangular box partly by hand assisted-by the mechanism, in a more uniform manner and in much less time than if the wrapping were done entirely by hand.

With these. and other objects in view .reference is made to the accompanying sheet of drawings which illustrates a preferred form of this invention with the understand ing that minor detail changes may be made without departing from the scope thereof.

' In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a top plan view of an embodiment of this invention.

Figure 2 is a view in si Fi ure l. W I

igure 3 is a view in end elevation of Figure 1.

While the drawings illustrate the application of this invention as applied to wrappin rectangular boxes of candy, it is to be un erstood that it is not restricted to this use alone. While candy boxes are usually rectangular in shape and vary in size in accordance with, their capacity, a manufacturer .or dealer usually employs uniform sizes and shapes of boxes, that is, a standard length and width varying in depth in, accordance with the desired capacity. This invention contemplates the rovision of a device which may be employe for wrapping such boxes of varying capacities irrespective of their depth. v 1

The embodiment of this invention as ilde elevation of lustrated includes a table 1 supported u on legs 2 and mounting above the table sur ace two spaced apart wrapper supports 3 lying lying 1930. Serial No. 438,932. in the sameplane and parallel to the-table vertical planes with the edges of the 'table 1.

As heretofore stated the materialcalled cellophane is ver as being of glassli e transparency and if a sheet of cellophane were laid upon the wrapping surfaces 3 it would sink down between them and to prevent this occurring a light coil spring 4 is preferably mounted upon the transverse center of the table, or a plurality of suchrsprings if desired are provided which will be engaged by the under side of the sheet and be supported in the same plane with the wrapper supports 3. For the eflicient wrappin of the boxes upon this device, it is pre rableto fold the diagonally opposite corners of the sheet about the width of the box and to insure auniform wrapping in this manner, each table surface 3 is provided with a corner guide 5, as shown in Figure 1.

When a sheet of cellophane is placed upon the wrapping supports 3 with its corners over the longitudinal and transverse lines of the table and its center supported upon the spring 4 the operator grasps the box to be wrapped, places it over the center of the sheet and depresses it between the wrapper supports'3 which, as the sheet passesover the edges of the supports 3, imparts an upward'movement to the corners of the sheet resting upon the supports 3. The operator grasps first one of these corners and then the other and wraps the body of the sheet. about the width of thebox, moistening the under surface of the outer corner and firmly pressing the moistened portion down upon the portion of the sheet thereunder to which it will adhere. 1

To fold-over the portions of the sheetexcenter tending in prolongation of each side of the thin and flexible as well box about the opposite ends, and then fold over the triangu ar portions of the sheet extending in prolongation of the bottom of the box mechanical slides and folding devices are provided-and, as illustrated, include the low the opening between the spaced apart wrapper supports 3.

A treadle operated shaft 9 is mounted for vertical reciprocation'below the center of the table 1 having a treadle 10 arranged to be easily engaged and depressed'by the operators foot to impart a downward movement to the shaft 9. The upper portion of the shaft 9 is provided with means which acts upon the-depression of the treadle 10 to coact with the slides 7 and folders 8 to first cause the oppositely disposed slides to move toward each other engaging the portions of the wrapping sheet extending in. rolongation of the sides of the box and feld them inward toward the end of the box and then cause the folders 8 to move upward about their hinges to fold the triangular portions of the wrapping sheet to fold these portions over the ends of the box outside the side folds In the embodiment of this invention illustrated each sliding member 7 is shown mounted to reciprocate over tracks or bear ings 11- provided by bending over the longitudinal edges of plate 12 mounted between the supports-3 and table 1 on each side of the opening between the supports, 3. Each normally maintained with its member 7 1s engaging nose withdrawn from the opening between the supports 3, as by a spring 13 se- Inents to the sliding member 7 and end foldcured to its exterior end and an extension from thetable 1. The hinged end folding members 8 are preferably each provided with a springpressed plate or fingers 14 mounted upon the same hinge and adapted to first engage the outer surface of the triangular wrapper and the outer free ends of each member are preferably provided with a right angular extension 15 which as the member assumes a vertical position will en-' gage the outer free triangular portion and impart a movement to its corner in the direction of the center of the box.

While any desired means may be employed to impart the above described moveing members 8 the drawings illustrate a rectangular frame 16 mounted upon the shaft 9 adjacent the under side of the table 1 provided with oppositely disposed sets'of cams l7 and 18, one set 17 adapted to cooperate with pivotally mountedt arms 19 adapted upon depression of the shaft 9 to recipro-' support t shown.

The operator having placed the box to be wrapped upon the table and secured the corners of "the sheet wrapped about the sides of the box, then depresses the foot treadle 10 which first folds in the sides and then the triangular ends of the sheet. The operator then completes. the fold of the triangular ends by grasping a corner and folding it down upon the top of the box and preferably securing the same by the application of a gummed sticker which may be taken from a receptacle 21 carried on the table support 3 and moistened by a sponge likewise carried in a receptacle 22 adjacent receptacle 21. Having secured each of the triangular end folds, the foot treadle 10 is released, the side and end folding members are retracted, the box removed, and the spring 4 extends to normal-with its upper end in the same plane with that of the wrapper supports 3. It might be said here that the spring or springs 4 are onl of sufficient power or strength to he center of the light sheet of cellophane wrapper. P

It has been found that by the use of this device a single operator is able to wrap four times as many boxes-during a given time than can be wrapped by hand.

What I claim is:

1. A device for wrapping packages with cellophane including a table, spaced apart wrapper supports thereabove, means between the supports to maintain the body of the wrapper when placed thereon in the same plane and' allows the package to be wrapped to be depressed upon the, wra per between the supports to the table surface, and manually operated means ada ted to be actuated after the operator has olded the sides of the wrapper about the top of the package to fold in the portions of the wrapper extending in prolongation of the sides ing in prolongation of the bottom of the package about the ends thereof to be manual- 'ly secured by the operator.

' A device for. wrapping rectangular packages with thin transparent flexible glasslike rectangular sheets including a, table, meansfor supporting the wrapper sheet in the same plane including spaced apart fixed wrapper supports and a contractible central support therebetween all mounted on the table surface,

means upon the wrapper supports for centering the wrapper sheets thereon, whereby the manual depression of the package to be wrapped upon the wrapper sheet between the spaced apart wrapper sup ports imparts an upward movement to the corners of the sheet as the opposite sides of the sheet are drawn over the adjacent edges of the supports to be manually wrapped about the top of the package, and manually operated means adapted to engage the portions of the wrapper sheet extending in prolongation of the sides and bottom of the package to first fold in the sides and thereafter the bottom portions about each end of the package whereby the bottom folded up portions may be manually folded over the top of the package and secured.

3.- A device or wrapping rectangular packages. with thin transparent flexible glass-like rectangular sheets including a table, spaced apart wrapper supports arranged in the same plane above the table,

a contractible member mounted on the table therebetween adapted to support the body of a wrapper sheet in the same plane with the wrapper supports, means upon the supports adapted to position a wrapper sheet with its diagonals above thev longitudinal center line of the table and the transverse center line .between the spaced apart supports, whereby upon the manual de ression of the package upon the center 0? the wrapper sheet the corners lying on the supports will be given an upward movement as the body thereof passes over the adjacent edges of ed over the top of the package and the triangular portions including the other corners being in prolongation of the bottom of the package, and manually operated means for simultaneously first folding in-the portions of the wrapper extending in prolongation of the sides of the package and then folding1 up the triangular portions over each en 4. A device for wrapping rectangular packages table, spaced apart wrapper supports arthe same plane above the table, a contractible member mounted on the table therebetween adapted to support the body of a wrapper sheet in the same plane with the wrapper supports, means upon the supports adapted to position a wrapper sheet with its dia onals above the longitudinal center line 0 the table and the transverse center line between the spaced apart supports, whereby upon the manual depression of the package upon. the center of the wrapper sheet the corners lying on the supports will be given an upward movement as the body thereof passes over the adjacent edges of the support to be readily foldthe support to be readily foldwith thin. transparent flexible glass-like rectangular sheets including a ed over the top of triangular portions including the other corners being in prolon ation of the bottom of the package, all manually operated means for simultaneously first folding in the portions of the wrapper extendin in prolongation of the sides of the pac age and then folding up the triangular portions over each end, said means including reciprocating slides mounted between the table and wrapper supports on each side of the opening between the supports, members hinged to the table below the, 'opening betweenthe wrapper supports, and manually actuated means'for first moving the slides simultaneously toward the center of the the package and the opening between the supports and then packages with thin transparent flexible glass-like rectangular sheets including a table, spaced apart wrapper supports arranged in the same plane above the table, a contractible member mounted on the table therebetween adapted to support the body of a wrapper sheet in the same plane with the wrapper supports,

ports adapted to position a wrapper sheet with its diagonals above the longitudinal center line of the table and the transverse center line between the spaced apart supports, whereby upon the manual depression of the package upon the center of the wrapper sheet the corners lying on the support-s will be given an upward movement as the body thereof passes over the adjacent edges of the support to be readily folded over'the top of the package and the triangular portions including the other corners being in prolongation of the bottom 9f the package,v and manually operated means for simultaneously first folding in the portions ofthe wrapper extending in prolongation of the sides of the package and then folding up the triangular portions over each end, said means including reciprocating slides mounted between the table and wrapper supports on each side of the opening between the supports, members hinged to the table below the opening between the wrapper supports, and manually actuated means for first moving the slides simultaneously toward the center of the opening between the supports and then simultaneously rotating the end members upwardlyabout their hinges, said latter means including a treadle operated vertical shaft mounted for reciprocation under the table having cams mounted thereon adapted to operate pivoted levers to move the respective slides and hinged members.

CLYDE S. BRANDENBURG.

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